Farmhouse Kitchen Reno for CHEAP

by Jessica-Sara Morris

$550

7 Days

Easy

Our DIY Farmhouse Kitchen Reno. This was such a easy project for PENNIES. We changed out the flooring, backsplash, lighting, barn doors, and painted the cabinets. This was done for under 500.00, if you can do it yourself, you'll save TONS and it will make such a huge impact. Check out blew for our tips & tricks!

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This Reno was literally done for under five-hundred dollars. It is an absolute crazy transformation. I have to give big props to Vinyl Plank Flooring (Stay Place), Behr Kitchen Cabinet Paint & Home Depot Light fixtures. All purchased at Home Depot - our go to store!

[before]

As you can see in our before photo, there was pretty hideous oak coloured cabinets. They had been half sanded down and had no finish on them. They had grease spots all over them & stains. Ugh! The handles were a faded bronze/gold color, and as you can see the flooring was in pretty bad condition. Holes in the linoleum, slashes & dents. We started this project last august 2015, and finished roughly in the end of november. However, this could of been done in a week - but we run a pretty crazy busy home based business so we did the floors, light fixtures and barn doors one weekend. Then two months later, I painted the cabinets in a week with my sister. The behr kitchen cabinet paint takes forrrrever to dry, but trust me, it's worth it! It stands up to everything & super easy to wipe down!

[before]

As you can take the flooring isn't in the best condition, there's a hole in the skylight, the cabinets & counter tops make the room super dark. Oh & let me point out, that light fixture in our dining room, it's kind cute, right? Glen never actually connected the wiring, so it didn't work for 6 months.

Glen almost done laying the Vinyl Laminate by Alure Flooring, we got "stay place". It took us under 3 hours to lay our entire kitchen. We've had it down now for 8 months and we've been so happy with it. So easy to clean, doesn't dent - great product for your money!

This photo was take before our current table was made, that junky round table was a mock up, and we ended up keeping it as we gave a client our old one. Also, our new appliances aren't in. Aren't you loving the two different drapes? I didn't end up using either!

-So lets get started, shall we?

This is what we used:

-Vinyl Planking

-Behr Kitchen Cabinet Paint

-Stick & Rip BackSplash

-Two Light Fixtures from Home Depot

If I had hours to sit on my computer and scroll through the Home Depot website to give you direct links, I would, but I don't. I swear, if you walk into the store though, you will easily be able to find these things.

Vinyl Planking: Stayplace

This is literally the only picture I have of installing the flooring. It went fast & was easy. Maybe that's why I didn't snap any photos. Our daughter was even "helping" us, hence the cheerios all over our floor. The box says "Stay Place" You literally just put it into place and the baseboards hold it in place. It took under 3 hours to do our entire kitchen & we've had it installed for over 7 months now and we're so happy with it. Cleans extremely well and looks amazing. You can't tell it's vinyl - it looks like grey barn wood. Back in august we paid 41.00 a box, and I believe we needed 5 or 6 boxes. I'm so sorry my mind is so foggy guys. It was a while ago.

We actually ended up doing our entrance & bathroom in this stuff at a later date as we loved the color and look so much.

The Barn Doors. Can we just sit and stare at these for a bit? I wanted a set in my home so bad, but we live in the teeniest little farmhouse ever and we had no place for such a big set. Then it happened. Our closest doors, like everything in our home started falling apart. I swear, things like to break in our home. So instead of spending money on another set of closet doors, we decided to build a set. Guys, It is easier than it looks. But if you literally can't measure or don't own tools you can buy pre-made barn doors at Home Depot now, I JUST saw them today. They were 125.00 Each. This is in Canada, could be cheaper in the states. We put them on plumbing hardware as to purchase a double set of barn door hardware is over 500.00! YIKES, who has that kinda cash laying around? Okay... maybe a few people, or a a lot. Not us! We like to spend as little as possible.

The plumbing hardware cost us under 30.00!

The light fixtures. They cost us under 100 bucks each! This one came with glass panels and we opted to not put them in to give our room a bit more of a modern flare. I love mixing industrial, country & modern elements! I'm sorry for the bad photos - I never thought I would be writing a blog on our reno, so the shots are bad quality and all I could find in my 'junk folder'.

Sometimes it's hard to believe that we started from this and we transformed our kitchen into such a cute country-rustic dream! It's so fun to cook and spend time in their now.

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Whi18129952 on Apr 13, 2017

You did an amazing transformation.. Beautiful. Can you please. Give me more info on the barn door hardware?

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Robin Paskell Hutson on May 10, 2017

I can't find Behr kitchen cabinet paint. Is it the rustoleum kit?

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B Wheeler on Jun 10, 2017

Did the floor come from Home Depot, also? I see you are a Rae Dunn collector, too!

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B. Roberts on May 18, 2017

I'm in the UK,love this kitchen,I'm thinking of painting my kitchen cupboard doors etc,but unsure what paint to use and what prep is needed,they aren't wood,more like MDF that has been sprayed in the factory. Any suggestions please.Thankyou.

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Nancy May on May 19, 2017

Where did you get the curtains in the computer area?

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- Lori on May 27, 2017
  Target. I have the same ones in my family room.
  
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